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knuckler noun[ C ] informaluk /ˈnʌk.lər/ us /ˈnʌk.lɚ/ another name for a knuckleball: Almost every pitch that he threw was a knuckler. I never could hit his knuckler. a baseball player who throws knuckleballs(= pitches that move in an irregular way and are hard to hit): I once faced a knuckler in the minor leagues. If he had stuck with it, he could have had a successful career as a knuckler. He would mix in a fastball and a curveball with his knuckler. The pitcher threw a high knuckler which I smacked over the head of the second baseman. Few of the hitters could make hard contact against the knuckler. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Baseball & rounders 1-2-3 inning ahead alley around the hornidiom at bat bomb curve heater hit the ball out of the parkidiom hitting coach home plate home stand horsehide sac spitter split-fingered fastball splitter squeeze play starting pitcher swing |